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HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff Analysis and HEPB ResoCITY OF MIAMI PLANNING DEPARTMENT To: From: Staff: MCS Application received: 3/26/2015 Staff Report & Recommendation Chairperson and Members Historic & Environmental Preservation Board Megan Schmitt Preservation Officer Applicant: The City of Miami, Capital Improvements and Transportation Program Subject: Item No. 1 — Miami Marine Stadium, 3501 Rickenbacker Causeway The applicant, the City of Miami's Capital Improvements and Transportation Program, is proposing site improvements to the Miami Marine Stadium's parking lot. Though the majority of the work is to occur on undesignated portions of the parcel, work is being proposed to the section of the parking lot that falls within the boundaries designated by HEPB-2008-56 (attached). BACKGROUND: This is a new application. THE PROPERTY: The Miami Marine Stadium was designated as a historic site at the October 7, 2008 HEPB meeting. Below are the boundaries of the designated site: HEPB- APRIL 10, 2015 Page 1 of 3 Staff: MCS Application received: 3/26/2015 HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS: IFIWATARFAWAir Miami Marine Stadium, 1962. Spillis Candela DMJM Archives Pancoast, Ferendino, Skeels and Burnham Miami Marine Stadium, 1962. Spillis Candela DMJM Archives Pancoast, Ferendino, Skeels and Burnham HEPB- APRIL 10, 2015 Page 2 of 3 Staff: MCS Application received: 3/26/2015 ANALYSIS: CIP is proposing to remove the majority of the trees that currently exist on the designated portion of the site, including the trees that obscure the view of the Stadium from the Rickenbacker Causeway. Historic photographs consulted do not show trees planted directly in front of the Stadium but rather next to the building on either side (see image above). CIP is also proposing to install small footings for the use of temporary tents at future events. Staff does not think that this intervention is problematic necessaryily, but requests further information as to what the asphalt will look like once the work is complete. Staff requests further information (dimensions, materials, color, etc.) about the FPL switch cabinet that is called out to better understand its impact on the designated site. The Preservation Office requests that CIP provide further detail as to whether the scope of work includes any changes to the traffic circle that sits in front of the Stadium. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: The Preservation Office recommends that the application for a Special Certificate of Appropriateness for site improvements to the Miami Marine Stadium's parking lot be Approved with Conditions. 1. The improvements being made to the designated area of the site shall restore the historic conditions of the trees, landscaping, traffic circle and any other designed elements as documented in archival materials. 2. Any work that touches the structure would require the City of Miami's CIP Department to return to the HEPB under separate review. HEPB- APRIL 10, 2015 Page 3 of 3 Miami Historic and Environmental Preservation Board Resolution: HEPB-R-15-028 File ID 15-00371 April 10, 2015 Item HEPB.1 Mr. David Freedman offered the following resolution and moved its adoption: A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI HISTORIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION BOARD, APPROVING WITH CONDITIONS AS DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A" (HEREBY ATTACHED), AN APPLICATION FOR A SPECIAL CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR SITE IMPROVEMENTS AT 3501 RICKENBACKER CAUSEWAY, MIAMI, FLORIDA. Upon being seconded by Ms. Lynn B. Lewis, the motion passed and was adopted by a vote of 7-0: Mr. Timothy Barber Absent Mr. David Freedman Yes Mr. Gary Hecht Yes Mr. William E. Hopper, Jr. Yes Ms. Lynn B. Lewis Yes Mr. Hugh Ryan Yes Mr. Jordan Trachtenberg Yes Mr. Todd Tragash Yes M14) C \7 Megan Schmitt Preservation Officer STATE OF FLORIDA ) COUNTY OF MIAMI-DADE ) Execution Date Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority, Megan Schmitt, Preservation Officer of the City of Miami, Florida, and acknowledges that she executed the foregoing Resolution. SWORN AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME THIS j S4513AY OF2015. ' if \' - ->3Scn 1tLY);16 Print Notary Name Personally know or Produced I.D. Type and number of I.D. produced Did take an oath or Did not take an oath ,. My Commission Expires: qi "s''• VANESSA TRUJILLO ..I MY COMMISSION # EE 105250 roc EXPIRES: July 11, 2015 RA ,Q `' Bonded Thru Notary Public Underwriters EXHIBIT "A" File ID 15-00371 1. The improvements being made to the designated area of the site shall restore the historic conditions of the trees, landscaping, traffic circle and any other designed elements as documented in archival materials with the following conditions: a) The proposal to change the grade of the traffic circle is approved b) The removal of the pump house is approved but the ticket booth shall remain. 2. Any work that touches the Marine Stadium structure would require review of a separate application. 3. Prior to the City taking any steps towards to the demolition of the Miami Marine Stadium, including taking the structure before the Unsafe Structures Board, the demolition will require a special certificate of appropriateness.